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August 7, 2025 11:16 AM

UCLA says Trump administration froze $584 million of its federal funding

President Donald Trump's administration has frozen $584 million in federal funding for the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA said on Wednesday after the government reprimanded the university over pro-Palestinian protests. The Trump adminis...

August 7, 2025 11:11 AM

Hot South Korean summer drives surge in aircon sales, power demand

Sweltering summers in South Korea are driving surging demand for air conditioners and electricity, with the country's electronics heavyweights pushing home upgrades by touting power-saving technology. Samsung Electronics' domestic home AC sales grew...

August 7, 2025 9:33 AM

Nearly $30 billion in Indian exports secure from Trump’s 50% tariff

As US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 50 per cent tariff on imports from India, shipments worth over $30 billion — including pharmaceuticals and certain electronic items such as smartphones, semiconductors, and energy products — r...

August 6, 2025 7:52 PM

India, Russia sign protocol to deepen industrial ties at 11th Working Group Session

India and Russia on Wednesday reaffirmed their strategic partnership and signed a key protocol to boost cooperation in sectors including aluminium, fertilizers, railways, and mining technology, during the 11th session of the India-Russia Working Grou...

August 6, 2025 4:56 PM

India and Russia discuss ways to further intensify defence partnership

Russia's Deputy Defence Minister, Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin, held a meeting on Wednesday with Vinay Kumar, India's Ambassador to Russia, during which both sides discussed ways to further intensify the multifaceted India-Russia Special and Privi...

August 6, 2025 5:26 PM

Pakistan starts deporting registered Afghan refugees, says UNHCR

Pakistan has started to deport documented Afghan refugees ahead of its deadline for them to leave, according to the United Nations, in a move that could see more than 1 million Afghans expelled from the country. The United Nations High Commissioner ...

August 6, 2025 2:32 PM

Eighty years of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A memory of ashes from Kurosawa’s vision

Eighty years ago, on August 6, 1945, a blinding flash seared Hiroshima’s soul. "Little Boy," a uranium-fueled atomic bomb, unleashed a hellish 7,000°C inferno, reducing 70% of the city to ash and rubble. Steel frames buckled 1.7 kilometres from th...

August 6, 2025 2:25 PM

Nationalist Nawrocki sworn in as Polish president, in blow for Tusk

Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian and supporter of Donald Trump's MAGA movement, was sworn in as Poland's president on Wednesday, setting the stage for conflict with the centrist government and potentially cooler relations with Ukraine. Nawro...

August 6, 2025 12:16 PM

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers record coral decline following mass bleaching

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered the largest decline in coral cover in two of its three regions over the last year, research released on Wednesday showed, following a mass bleaching of its corals that was among the worst on record. The Au...

August 6, 2025 11:00 AM

UN alarmed by reports about possible expansion of Israeli Gaza operations

The United Nations on Tuesday called reports about a possible decision to expand Israel's military operations throughout the Gaza Strip "deeply alarming" if true. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca told a U.N. Security Council meeting o...

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